ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,287, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co. Ltd. (Nanning, China).

"Anti-theft hanger" was invented by Xuan-Chu Zhu (Jincheng, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft hanger is composed of an inner shell, which includes a fixed plate, a side wall is positioned on the fixed plate and surrounds it, a hanging hook on the fixed plate, and a latch on the side wall. Within the inner shell, there is a drive module, and the activation switch of the drive module is securely positioned on the side wall, and the activation switch is exposed on the side wall. A locking plate is affixed to the ...